< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nadorgy
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Plural of obsolete *nadorga, related to *na- + *dьrgati (“to pull, to tug”).
Noun
*nadorgy f pl
- (plural only) pants, trousers
Inflection
Declension of *nadorgy (hard a-stem, plural only)
| Plural | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *nadorgy |
| Accusative | *nadorgy |
| Genitive | *nadorgъ |
| Locative | *nadorgasъ, *nadorgaxъ* |
| Dative | *nadorgamъ |
| Instrumental | *nadorgami |
| Vocative | *nadorgy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: надрагꙑ pl (nadragy)
- → Hungarian: nadrág
- → Old Polish: nadragi pl
- → Old Ruthenian: надра́кги pl (nadrági)
- → Old Polish: nadragi pl
- → Romanian: nădragi pl
- → Old East Slavic: надраги pl (nadragi) (14ᵗʰ c.)
- Middle Russian: надра́ги pl (nadrági) (17ᵗʰ c.), надра́гы pl (nadrágy) (1499)
- Russian: надра́ги pl (nadrági) (dialectal)
- Middle Russian: надра́ги pl (nadrági) (17ᵗʰ c.), надра́гы pl (nadrágy) (1499)
- → Hungarian: nadrág
- Old Church Slavonic: надрагꙑ pl (nadragy)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “надраги”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress